South Wiltshire (UK Parliament constituency)
| South Wiltshire | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1832–1885 | |
| Number of members | two |
South Wiltshire, formally known as the Southern division of Wiltshire or Wiltshire Southern was a county constituency in the county of Wiltshire in South West England. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the bloc vote system.
The constituency was created under the Reform Act 1832 for the 1832 general election, and abolished under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election.
Members of Parliament
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1832 | John Benett | Whig | Hon. Sidney Herbert | Tory | ||
| 1834 | Conservative | |||||
| 1852 | William Wyndham | Liberal | ||||
| 1859 | Lord Henry Thynne | Conservative | ||||
| 1861 by-election | Frederick Hervey-Bathurst | Conservative | ||||
| 1865 | Thomas Grove | Liberal | ||||
| 1874 | Viscount Folkestone | Conservative | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished | |||||
References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 4)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 482–483. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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